사운드가든(Soundgarden)은 미국 시애틀 출신의 그런지 밴드이다. 1984년 리드 보컬과 드러머 크리스 코넬(Chris Cornell), 기타리스트 킴 타일(Kim Thayil), 베이시스트 히로 야마모토(Hiro Yamamoto)의 멤버로 결성되었다. 이후 1986년 맷 캐머런(Matt Cameron)이 드러머로 합류하고, 1990년 베이시스트 히로 야마모토(Hiro Yamamoto)가 벤 셰퍼드(Ben Shepherd)로 교체된다.
사운드가든은 그런지 음악 창시의 핵심적인 밴드 중 하나이다. 사운드가든은 메이저 음반사에 계약한 첫 번째 그런지 밴드였다. 하지만, 1990년 초반 시애틀의 음악 동료인 펄잼과 너바나가 그런지 음악을 대중화 시키기 전까지 상업적인 성공을 거두지 못 했었다.
사운드가든은 1994년 《Superunknown》앨범으로 가장 큰 성공을 거두었고, 이 앨범은 빌보드에 1위로 데뷰하였고, 수록곡인 "블랙 홀 선(Black Hole Sun)"과 "스푼맨(Spoonman)"은 그래미상을 수상하였다. 1997년 창작에 대한 내부 갈등으로 해체하게 된다. 사운드가든은 미국에서 8백만장, 전 세계적으로 2천만장의 앨범을 판매하였다. .... ....
Lying like needles On forest earth Euphoric rush Trees bend to pray for us I'm sputtering Like cold machines Late for the birth ritual, ritual, ritual, ritual You can drive my tail To watch the circus A (birth?) ritual A birth of idiots Now I woke up blessed And good strives for heart ache Marked for the death ritual, ritual, ritual
*As you start the song And face this garden I light a cigarette before the execution Now you see your crime For every miracle Add another drug at every birth ritual I took the drug To make me stay And now everything Dies in shyness The snake retreats Admits defeat And waits for the birth ritual, ritual, ritual
*Repeat
Shining light Child's highs Mark his sides Bright until the newness wears off
I got up feeling so down I got off being sold out I've kept the movie rolling But the story's getting old now I just looked in the mirror Things aren't looking so good I'm looking California And feeling Minnesota So now you know, who gets mystified
Show me the power child I'd like to say That I'm down on my knees today It gives me butterflies Gives me away Till I'm up on my feet again I'm feeling outshined
Someone let the dogs out They'll show where the truth is The grass is always greener Where the dogs are shitting I'm feeling that I? sober Even though I'm drinking I can't get any lower Still I feel I'm sinking So now you know, who gets mystified
Show me the power child I'd like to say That I'm down on my knees today It gives me butterflies Gives me away Till I'm up on my feet again I'm feeling outshined
Wine from the blade on the night of the full moon Voices that call spirits in waiting Sharing the drink of the bond A broth of roots and charms Spells under a twisted tree
Heretic, burn at the cross Witch, float like a log
Flask over fire, from cobwebs of cellars Turning metal into gold A secret till the last word’s untold
Accused and convicted For nothing I suffer your fear Nailed to a burning cross Heretic, Heretic
Girlie dress and making her best She makes up her hair for the 90s Dirty shoes and hiding her blues She's dying to lose what she's finding
So easy to leave it or take it in stride So easy to read when she's faking her smile She likes surprises, she likes surprises Anything in colorful disguises
Lips and thighs abused by our eyes Acting surprised that she likes it Chocolate cream, an amphetamine Torn at the seams, she's crying
So easy to leave it or take it in stride So easy to read when she's faking her smile She likes surprises, she likes surprises Anyting in colorful disguises
She gets a little I guess She gets it more or less She likes surprises Anything in colorful disguises
So easy to leave it or take it in stride So easy to read when she's faking her smile She like surprises, she likes surprises Anything in colorful disguises
I'm entering Without a sound I'm entering On wings I've found A million miles Of covered ground I'm entering, entering yeah Well I'm entering
I'm entering Without a sound I'm entering On wings I've found A million miles Of covered ground I'm entering, I'm entering yeah Well I'm entering, yeah, yeah
I'm entering Bleeding hearts, two lights, goodness, stable Glass on bars won't hold me back Without a sound Or a thought I'm entering I'm entering
Oh yeah without a sound I'm entering, entering On wings I've found A million, million miles, a million miles Well I'm entering, entering, entering, entering, entering, entering yeah
Someone said my words are out of balance Nothing to say, you've got nothing to say Dying words I bury everyday Nothing to say, I've got nothing to say Nothing but the one thing
You've got nothing, nothing to say Nothing but the one thing
Big bad word spell it with four letters Nothing to say, you've got nothing to say Oh my God, your words are out of balance Nothing to say, you've got nothing to say Nothing but the one thing Nothing, nothing
You've got nothing, nothing to say Nothing but the one thing
Little Joe, run for the border Leave your home, leave your mother and father Go to where the reptiles roam On the side of the border that is your home
Little Joe, eyes of your lover look back on you As you run for cover Those sticks and fire, sticks and fire, won't break your bones It is a lie
Little Joe, just like your father Your eyes will water, your guts will splatter Those sticks and fire, sticks and fire, won't break your bones It is a lie
Litle Joe, run for the border Leave your whole home, leave your mother and father Go to where the reptiles roam They're waiting for you little Joe
Little Joe run for the border Leave your home, leave your mother and father Go to where the reptiles roam On the side of the border that is your home
Little Joe, just like your father Your eyes will water, your guts will splattter Those sticks and fire, sticks and fire, won't break your bones It is a lie
Now I would like friends if this evening We should stand there with all other of God's Creatures on the curbstone and watch this March of time. Let us take our stand with them And as we stand there I here one of them whispering He is a Hebrew sage, he says 'vanity of vanities the whole thing is a vain parade. It has no meaning'
The hand of God lays high above me I'll be so good if you really love me Let me feel your mighty crunch As you rub me out like water, fire, coal, etc.
Let it be known today, if you got two hands You're supposed to pray Fingers of fire, coal, and lead Fondly love me 'til I'm dead
The hand of God is thick and callous Bruised and torn from stones and sticks The hand of God has got a ring about the size of Texas Made of sweet, smelly stuff My fingers never smell
Let me try on your hand and see if it fits Don't worry I won't touch anything unholy with it Let it be known today, if you got two hands You're supposed to pray
So you think I got something on you I bet I know what you're gonna do (mystery line)
Fill your head With crazy sounds It ain't as pretty coming out
So glad to see you're at it again So glad I ain't your only friend When are you going to understand That it's okay Maybe now It ain't as pretty coming out
Fill your head With crazy sounds It ain't as pretty coming out
She looked at me with dignity She said there's something you gotta see Even though this country's headed for war This nation is prouder than ever before Yeah that was spirit in the air We're more American than anywhere And I just smile cause I could tell This little girl was going to Hell
Now I wouldn't mind If you swallowed my pride Make me feel alright Yeah now deep inside Feel alright
Hey, all the warmth in her heart Couldn't keep my blood from running cold Cause I fell for her looks Now I wanna go for her throne I tried to tell her a thousand times But little girl didn't understand at all
Now I wouldn't mind If you swallow my pride Make me feel alright Yeah now deep inside Feel alright
Alright You can swallow my pride
Now I wouldn't mind If you swallowed my pride Make me feel alright, deep inside Feel alright Pride... pride... pride You can swallow my pride
Fopped last night and the night before I had to fopp outside and then I went indoors Fopped so hard I made the people warm They stood back and gave me all the floor
I did the fopp, the fopp they wouldn't let me stop Yeah I was foppin' and rockin' Had the house hoppin'
Foppin', the way it makes you go, everybody was Foppin', everywhere you go, do all your Shoppin', wiggle to the floor, everybody was Foppin'
Fopp with me and I'll fopp with you Foppin' is the brand new thing to do Fopped so hard that I lost my shoe I fopped so tough they had to make some room
Break your leg, don't you fopp your back Do your thing, don't you give no slack Shake your hips and then you turn around Well first you fopp it up And then you fopp it down
Fopp me right, don't you fopp me wrong We'll be here foppin' all night long I'm too short, baby, and you're too tall But when we're foppin' that don't mean a thing at all
Foppin', the way it makes you go, everybody was Foppin', everywhere you go, do all your Shoppin', wiggle to the floor,, everybody was Foppin'
Fopped last night and the night before I had to fopp outside and then I went indoors Fopped so hard I made the people warm They stood back and gave me all the floor
I did the fopp, the fopp they wouldn't let me stop Yeah I was foppin' and rockin' Had the house hoppin'
Foppin', the way it makes you go, everybody was Foppin', everywhere you go, do all your Shoppin', wiggle to the floor, everybody was Foppin'
Fopp with me and I'll fopp with you Foppin' is the brand new thing to do Fopped so hard that I lost my shoe I fopped so tough they had to make some room
Break your leg, don't you fopp your back Do your thing, don't you give no slack Shake your hips and then you turn around Well first you fopp it up And then you fopp it down
Fopp me right, don't you fopp me wrong We'll be here foppin' all night long I'm too short, baby, and you're too tall But when we're foppin' that don't mean a thing at all
Foppin', the way it makes you go, everybody was Foppin', everywhere you go, do all your Shoppin', wiggle to the floor,, everybody was Foppin'
She looked at me with dignity She said there's something you gotta see Even though this country's headed for war This nation is prouder than ever before Yeah that was spirit in the air We're more American than anywhere And I just smile cause I could tell This little girl was going to Hell
Now I wouldn't mind If you swallowed my pride Make me feel alright Yeah now deep inside Feel alright
Hey, all the warmth in her heart Couldn't keep my blood from running cold Cause I fell for her looks Now I wanna go for her throne I tried to tell her a thousand times But little girl didn't understand at all
Now I wouldn't mind If you swallow my pride Make me feel alright Yeah now deep inside Feel alright
Alright You can swallow my pride
Now I wouldn't mind If you swallowed my pride Make me feel alright, deep inside Feel alright Pride... pride... pride You can swallow my pride
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